Current work

I'm a second-year Master's student at MIT's Department of Urban Studies & Planning, where I study energy policy & planning. My coursework has included the economics and regulation of electric power systems, negotiation & public sector dispute resolution, and environmental law & policy. I have a research assistantship with Professor Larry Susskind, where I am part of a project studying water affordability and water shut-offs in American cities. You can read more about that work on our blog.

​This year I will be writing my Master's thesis about conflicts over energy infrastructure in New England. I'm also on the leadership team of the MIT Energy Club and will be organizing a panel about negative emissions technologies for the MIT Energy Conference in April 2019.

Visiting ISO New England, the regional electricity system operator

At a community meeting in Salinas, Puerto Rico

At MIT I have also been part of a workshop course led by Prof. David Hsu focused on building a more resilient energy system in Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Maria. Our class is partnering with a community group in Salinas, Puerto Rico who are interested in the potential for solar with storage systems to achieve their goals for clean, resilient, and local energy. We are working with an electrical engineering team at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez to develop a viable technical, financial, and social plan to implement the community's vision.

In the summer of 2018, I interned with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources on the development of the state's first Comprehensive Energy Plan, which was published in December 2018. I worked on the stakeholder engagement process, assisted with scenario cost projections, and wrote about the state's energy policies and programs. My internship was supported by a competitive Public Service Fellowship from the PKG Center at MIT.